Fossil Free – City in Ukraine announces commitment to 100% renewable energy by 2050

Zhytomyr, Ukraine is the first city in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) to announce a transition to 100% renewable energy by 2050. On June 22, 2018 the Mayor of Zhytomyr, Serhiy Sukhomlyn and 350.org signed a memorandum of cooperation stipulating that the City Council will vote to pass the policy, develop a renewable energy transition plan, and create a local climate strategy next year.




Renewable energy campaigners and city councillors meet with the mayor to sign a Memorandum of understanding.



Fossil Free – City in Ukraine announces commitment to 100% renewable energy by 2050

Earth Overshoot Day – #MoveTheDate of Overshoot!

Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when we (all of humanity) have used more from nature than our planet can renew in the entire year.

Earth Overshoot Day – #MoveTheDate of Overshoot!

Which sea level will we lock in?

Map any coastal area on the planet to see the degree of devastation under various climate scenarios. Below is an example for NYC

Surging Seas: Mapping Choices

Sea Level Rise Could Inundate the Internet

If you don’t care about climate change yet maybe this gets you going...


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Sea Level Rise Could Inundate the Internet
Extreme sea level rise could swamp internet cabling and hubs by 2033—and coastal cities like New York, Seattle and Miami are at greatest risk. Christopher Intagliata reports.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/sea-level-rise-could-inundate-the-internet/

Court rejects Trump administration’s request to block climate change trial - SFChronicle.com

A federal appeals court in San Francisco rejected the Trump administration’s request Friday to block the trial of a lawsuit by 21 young people who accuse the government of endangering their futures, and the planet, by failing to act against global warming.





In this July 18, 2018, photo, lawyers and youth plaintiffs lineup behind a banner after a hearing before Federal District Court Judge Ann Aiken in Eugene, Ore., between lawyers for the Trump administration and the so-called Climate Kids. The lawsuit filed by young activists who say the government is failing to protect them from climate change is still alive. In San Francisco on Friday, July 20, 2018, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the government's second request for an order directing a lower court to dismiss the case. (Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard via AP, File)

Photo: Chris Pietsch / Associated Press



Court rejects Trump administration’s request to block climate change trial - SFChronicle.com

EU and China agree sweeping joint statement on climate action

Leaders put climate at centre of relationship, push for agreement on the Paris deal rulebook and reject Trump’s efforts to undermine global cooperation





Chinese premier Li Keqiang and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker (Photo: European commission)



EU and China agree sweeping joint statement on climate action

Wildfires rage in Arctic Circle as Sweden calls for help | World news | The Guardian

At least 11 wildfires are raging inside the Arctic Circle as the hot, dry summer turns an abnormally wide area of Europe into a tinderbox.

Firefighters battle a blaze in a forest in western Sweden, the worst-hit country. Photograph: Mats Andersson/EPA

The worst affected country, Sweden, has called for emergency assistance from its partners in the European Union to help fight the blazes, which have broken out across a wide range of its territory and prompted the evacuations of four communities.
Wildfires rage in Arctic Circle as Sweden calls for help | World news | The Guardian